Holiday Ayo - West Kalimantan Province is known for its hot climate. However, this province has many typical thirst-quenching drinks that are worth enjoying when traveling in West Kalimantan. One of them is Liang Tea.

Liang tea is a traditional Chinese drink that can be found in Indonesia, especially the West Kalimantan region. Often liang tea is available in Chinese-style restaurants, apart from being peddled around in some areas using carts. When drunk cold in hot weather, this drink feels so refreshing.

Even though it is called liang tea, this drink does not use tea leaves at all. Liang tea is similar to herbal teas that use other types of plants, such as chrysanthemum tea and hibiscus tea. The specialty of liang tea compared to other herbal teas is that it is made with a variety of ingredients that are mixed in such a way.

"Liang" in liang teh means cold. So, liang tea more or less means a drink that has cooling properties, not cold because it is served with ice cubes. This cold nature makes liang tea categorized as a kind of medicine for heartburn. So, continued Orin, liang tea should not be mixed with hot ingredients, such as sugar.

The efficacy of liang tea that can cure fever in making it is considered a kind of medicine. Although sometimes sold around, the raw concoction of liang tea can only be obtained at Chinese drug stores because the ingredients come from the Panda Country.

A packet of raw liang tea concoction costs around IDR 30-35 thousand and can be boiled twice in a large pot. To maintain the taste, use about three scoops of water to boil the tea liang at a time.

When buying liang tea that is ready to drink, usually liang tea tastes sweet. However, this sweet taste is created from boiling rock sugar.

As already mentioned, liang tea cannot be mixed with granulated sugar because granulated sugar is hot. Meanwhile, the original taste of liang tea tends to be bland with a fairly strong aroma of raw ingredients. Even if there is a slight sweet touch, it is a taste produced from Chinese cinnamon.